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An independent group of individuals who share a love of The Wrekin and a determination to see it preserved for the good of its communities, landscape, wildlife and heritage.

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Some promotions about The Wrekin:

The Wrekin Hill
Allan's Twh cover
This book is available for £12.99 from all good booksellers and the Halfway House after the launch on 8th April 2007, or direct from Allan himself, in which case send a Sterling cheque for £12.99 made payable to ALLAN FROST  at 1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom. Overseas buyers should send an International Money Order for that amount (there is no additional charge for postage for this book).

Wrekin Wraiths, Rebels and Romans
Wrekin Wraiths
The book is available from all good booksellers and the Halfway House on The Wrekin after the official launch at the end of October 2006 or direct from Allan himself, in which case please send a Sterling cheque for £5.99 made payable to ALLAN FROST at 1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom. If you live outside the United Kingdom, send an International Money Order for £6.99 made payable to Allan Frost at the above address.

Fern Ticket
fernticket.jpg George Evans, the venerable chairman of All Friends Around The Wrekin has a booklet out. Already on its second reprint and the only book about The Wrekin, like ever!

Join George for a walk up and around The Wrekin, learn all the important landmarks and all the historical aspects of The Wrekin.

BTW: A fern ticket is the mythical permit to adventure on The Wrekin or in its magical forest. Couples spotted leaving a dance at the Forest Glen were asked. "Have you got your fern ticket?"

Wrekin Recipes
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Recipes taught to the pupils of Wrekin Road School in 1904 with Emmie Teece's memories of the Wellington area in the years before World War One.
£2.99 All proceeds to the Wrekin Appeal

Available from : Langlands Records, Wellington; Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Abbey Foregate,  Shrewsbury

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Duncan Purslow
I saw the report on TV last night. I totally agree with your opposition to the 'commercialization' of the countryside. I myself live in the Birmingham area but we have similar problems. A large area south of Birmingham also has similar challenges. 'The Wildlife Trust' has funding and they assure us that they do not intend to commercialise the countryside round where I live but they want to put car parks, signage and possibly a Visitor Centre, which is the start of the rot. We have enough traffic already without additional coachloads of people to deteriorate the area. I imagine you feel the same. Keep resisting it else it will be the thin end of the wedge.for all of us. Let me know how you get on. There must be other areas of the country in a similar position. Keep in touch.

Future: The toilet block needs a re-think and then opened.
Not Future: I think the Wrekin should remain as wild and natural as possible. In a perfect world this hill would not be owned by a small group, but collectively managed by the public and all that use it. I feel it is important to have an environment that is free from commercialization and consumption, somewhere people can go to feel a connection with  the environment. The Wrekin is important to me in many ways, it's more than just a hill, its a living thing and should be treated with respect.

Future: Very little - the toilets restored and re-opened perhaps.
Not Future: Any development, commercialisation or sanitisation of the Wrekin. # Posted by Steve Hooker at 10/1/08; 1:35:43 PM
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